Convertible seat and bed structure for vehicles.



w. F. 8000K. CONVERTIBLE SEAT AND BED STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, I9I4.

Patented June 12,1917.

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CONVERTIBLE SEAT AND BED STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED IuNEzs, I9I4.

Patented June 12, 1917.

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Be it hown that l, WILHELM F. BoocK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pipestone, in the county of Pipestone and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Convertible Seat and Bed Structures for Vehicles, o`f which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a convertible seat and bed structure.

rlhe invention aims to provide a structure adapted to normally form a seat having a back rest, particularly forming a seat for an automobile or other vehicle, which vstructure may be adjusted'to serve as a bed or to convert the vehicle into an emergency ambulance; to provide the structure essentially as a seat having a back rest to be fastened in a horizontal position and in an upright position; to provide suitable supporting and fastening means for the back rest; to provide the means to fasten the back rest in upright position as one or more turnable fasteners normally held against turning movement by means of a hand-hold connecting element detachably fastened to the fastener or fasteners, and at the same time to provide a structure of this nature that is simple, will prove durable and ecient in use and is capable of manufacture at minimum cost.

With'the foregoing and additional objects in view as will become apparent as the description progresses hereinafter, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangementlof parts.

ln connection with the said description had to the accompanying drawings illustrating the present preferred embodiment, in which drawings Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through an automobilebody having the improved structure arranged so as to serve as a seat; i

Fig. 2 is a plan viewV of the same parts but with the structure serving as a bed;

Fig. 3 is a vertical the automobile body taken on a line passing through rear door and looking toward the front of the vehicle;

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on an enlarged scale, taken horizontally through the back of the front. seat together with a stationary part and showing the latch means in nplan, and

pivoted by means the provision ofl means to cross sectional view ofand which means is design .rrlngwherein like reference characters designate 1 designates the floor like or similar parts,

of an automobile/or other vehicle. Above the floor is suitably fastened a front seat 2 and a rear seat 3, the seats being spaced apart as usual and a side extremity ofthe space intermediate same being provided with a door 4. rlhe'back-rest provided for the front seat is shown at 5. Rear seat 3 as usual, .is preferably provided with a back rest as at 6. The several back rests and several `seats are preferably upholstered as seen at 7.

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Revertingy to the back rest 5, the same eX- tends transversely of the car body and is of hinges at 8 to an upstanding transverse board 9. Due to the 4 provision of the hinges 8, said back rest 5 is capable 'of swinging movement in the arc shown in dotted lines in Flg. 1.

Fig. 1 illustratesthe element 5 when in positlon serving as a back rest. When thus .serving as a back rest, element 5 is fastened 1n a substantially vertical plane, though slightly inclined, of latches L with keeper members 10, the latter being in the form of upstanding wooden strips.

The latches L comprise a shank 11 turn' ably mounted in the back rest 5 havin fastened thereto at its inner end, the latch bolt 12 proper. Upon the side of the shank 11 opposite to the bolt 12, is provided a boss 13 to prevent undue lateral movement of the latch, and on the shank 11 beyond the boss 13 is a rectangular open handle 14 which extends at a right angle to the shank. The two handles 14 extend toward each other.

An essential feature of the invention is normally maintain the latches locked against', movement the eyes or openings of the handles 1t. Sald 'means may take the form of a belt 15 made of leather and having its end joined as by a separable buckle` or other fastening at 16.

\ When this belt is tightly fastened lto the handles 14 as seen in ment ofthe latches dentally or at all prior to slackening or re- Fig. 3, turning move- L cannot occur acci through the engagement to pass through maval et the belt.' The belt serves as a support er rack for lap robes or other articles.

lWhen the article serves asa bed or converts the machine into an emergency ambulance,vbacl rest 5 rests on a ledge or suport l? so as te be in a horizontal plane and in alinement vvith the seats 2 and 3. Said ledge is provided on a transverse upstanding board i8 which serves to support the seat 3 at the front end.

lt will be realized that when the structure is built into an automobile or other vehicle, vvhile the parts are in the position shown in Fig. l and the latchesl fastened by means of the belt l5, the structure servesas an ordinary seat. Should it be desired to form a bed or convert the structure into an emergency ambulance, the stra or belt 15 is unbuckled and disengaged rom the handles 14:. Thereupon back rest 5 can be lowered in. the -path of the arc shown by the dotted lines in Fig. l until it rests on the ledge 17, the latter position being illustrated in Fig. 2. ln this osition the back rest 5 and seats 2 and 3 will be in the same horizontal plane or in alinement. The upholstering on' the back rest 6 will serve as a pillow to some extent.

llt is to be understood that l have shown only the preferred embodiment of my inv aaaayeai vention. Therefore it is to be realized that changes in the details of construction, arf rangement and combination of the parts may be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what l claim is l. ln combination with a back rest, a pluralityof movable'devices to secure said vback rest against movement,` a taut elongated element engaging and bridging said devices and preventing movement thereof, said element dually functioning as a fastening for said devices andas a rack, and means to permit slackening of said element to permit movement of said devices.

2. ln combination with aback rest, a plurality of turnable latches to secure said back rest agalnst movement, an elongated flexible belt, said latches having open handles, said belt extending through the openings of said handles, said belt dually functioning as a fastening to secure said devices against turnand as a rack, and a separable fastening to connect the ends of said belt.

lln testimony whereof I aiiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

'WlLl-IELM F. BOGCK. Witnesses:

E. il. FELDMAN, W. T. MORGAN. 

